The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
QUESTIONS FROM SUN READERS.

What ia the name tho height and the position tho
highest mountain in the Uni cd statesf III.
The highest mountain is Mount st. Elias in Alaska; II
Is 500 feet high Tho highest mountain in State Is
Mount whitney. in California-l4ses feet high.
What Is the origin AMI explanation Of the expression
Il IN hE ~ In
You will find the expression, without the word yet"
in Exodus xiii, verse 2-"And he said. Behold, have
heard that there Is corn in Egypt" &C. The explanation
of the way your friend used In that he had probably
failed In many speculaons and succeeded in Jacob
tried in vain to get until no heard that there was
corn In Egypt
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funeralt ENQUIRER.
With Springfield breech.,oading rifles. Mr.. Cleveland
attended the services held at Mr.. Tilden's house in
Yonkers but did not to tho grave in New Lebanon.
s Arc FL tho sd and in
Yes.
Tho letters. B. L. on twenty dollar gold pieces,
corning which an inquiry was recently made stand for
J. B. Longacre, the designer. Tho coinage of these
pieces began In 1850 Two were struck in ls4e As ex
periments Of these Is In tho coin cabinet Of the
Mint Five thousand dollars has been refused for It,
There is letter every coined since 1861 Just
under the last feather on the Indians head.
AUSrY ouxEEIAs.
Where can get the genuine suS cholera mI.prs'
We printed the prescription last Sunday; II You wish
to get tho mixture already made up go to Ditnan,
der the Aston House. and to the drug store In Twenty
third street the south side Of tho way Just Of
Third avenue.
q The InEnc6Le Armada says Being afraid 70 80 oS
q e. sa IF sns Of Mss S:ss
serving Of more honor than this man has shown i
Irish civilization in the time of Elizabeth was of
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much possible, and the peasantry had fallen back
from the not high plane to which they had been
raised. There powerful Irish MOBILES, but they
semibarbarc. It quite true that the Spanagds
wrecked on the Irish coasts were plundered and
dered and is Just true that the Irsh who killed
them savages 1t is all right to love and defend
native country but 1t Is absurd to quarrel with
dead novel writer because In to write history,
made slur upon the civilization OF the Irish of three
hundred years ago.
was .9s .has osf "a as aS IA
hold In tho Dominion Of Cnuadaf 8. Who were the
r: people & 4: SassS states elect the
!. Leon Michel Gambetta q French statesman
and politician He born in Cahors, April g. 1883
of jewish origin. lie studied law, contributed TO the
newspapers and pract.sed at the bar In 1888 while
nomnAly defending editor trial for attacking tho
Government he attacked Napoleon III. unsparingy,
and was at once hailed the leader of the Liberals In
1890 he member Of the Legislative Assembly, In
1870 . member of the Provisional Government, and
signed the proclamation deposng Napoleon He then
became Minister OF tho Interior. He left Paris In a
balloon the city then being boseged by tho Germans and
Tours began the French to defend themselves
further he in fact dictator When Paris foil he
signed account OF disagroements with his colleagues
and elected in nine districts to the Legislative AS
ssmbly. lie finally sat for Paris In 1875 no became
President the Budget Committee and tried reform
French finances In lsTo after two years OF work, he